Hays Leeds - Broad Gate

We are a community based kitchen, we have a kitchen outside the Wakefield Cathedral every Wednesday from 6pm. We offer a hot meal, pastries, snacks, sandwiches, as well as clothing toiletries and books to anyone in need with no judgement. We also provide tents and sleeping bags for those that are homeless. Everything is free to anyone who needs it. We began in August 2018 and our first kitchen fed 30 people, and currently we are feeding about a 100 people plus minus a week sometimes whole families. We have some amazing volunteers and we are not just about food, we have plenty of volunteers around all the time for people to chat to about any issues they have and just to lend an ear.

Door 84 has been a part of the community in the Groves, York for decades and we want to make sure it remains so. Originally named “York Boys Club” it was founded in the 1930s. In recent years under the name "Door 84" the charity has evolved into a trusted provider of high quality services in our community. Whilst we regularly receive referrals of people who need support from the local authority, our funding is entirely dependent on donations and fundraising activities, including grants from charitable foundations. Our work is never done and therefore our fundraising is never done either! We will be running a series of campaigns through Crowdfunder to enable us to continue funding these important services for the community in York. Through FOOD, FRIENDSHIP and ACTIVITIES we support all sectors of the community across the year and offer a welcoming space to build relationships, get support in accessing services and have the chance to relax in a friendly, safe space for those who need it. FOOD is provided free through our food bank, at low cost through the Community Cafe, and is always on offer at youth sessions. Food has the ability to bring people together and show people care and we see this every day in our building. FRIENDSHIPS are central to all our services and they develop through our youth clubs, between participants at our SPARKS sessions for adults with additional support needs, and amongst the community who attend the Community Cafe and Foodbank. ACTIVITIES occur in the various youth groups for young people ages 8-17 years, in our SPARKS sessions for adults with additional support needs, and are many and varied at our open to all Community Days which occur 2 or 3 times a year.

Focus4Hope was founded in 2016 by a group of friends wanting to make a difference in their local area. Since then, we have grown into a prominent non-profit and pillar of the community, having had the opportunity to help thousands of local vulnerable people. We provide the region with essential services, focusing primarily on supporting local homeless, elderly, and otherwise isolated/lonely individuals. We also fundraise, and organise a variety of events, including fortnightly outreach programs in West Yorkshire. Focus4Hope was proud to become the first social supermarket in the Calderdale region in February 2023 helping the elderly, disabled and vulnerable in our community. We run this alongside Calderdale Credit Union, making sure our members save as they shop. We offer the supermarket as a community wide non-eligibility service. You register online. We run budgeting courses and financial reviews alongside this service to make sure people are getting the correct benefits and can budget their money. Helping to complete PIP forms, DLA and giving our members a bubble of support. We refer to other services in the area to help people in all aspects of their lives. We run our FOcus4SEN support group, a safe space for the SEND community to get advice and speak with other carers to help with day to day issues. Our senior day trips and afternoon teas run monthly. Taking our senior community all over Yorkshire, the days out are a life line if you live on your own. Making friends and combatting isolation and loneliness. Our community hub in the centre of Brighouse is open Monday to Friday for any crisis drop ins.